§ 385.3 - Responsibilities and functions.

The Director, DIA, shall advise the Secretary of Defense on intelligence matters. Under his direction and control, the DIA shall:

(a) Produce, or through tasking and coordination ensure the production of foreign intelligence required for support to the DIA mission. This function specifically includes the maintenance of a strong DoD scientific and technical intelligence program. For the purposes of this section, “production” includes the evaluation, correlation, analysis, interpretation and presentation of foreign intelligence.

(b) Provide intelligence and intelligence staff support to the Joint Chiefs of Staff in accordance with their requirements and established procedures.

(c) Ensure that adequate, timely and reliable intelligence is available to the Unified and Specified Commands.

(d) Participate in the DSARC process as established in DoD Directive 5000.2, 1by providing the Director of Defense Research and Engineering with threat descriptions based on the information derived from intelligence and threat validation in support of systems acquisition.

(e) Supervise the DoD indications system and provide support to the National Military Command System through the National Military Intelligence Center.

(f) Validate, register, assign, recommend priorities for, and monitor the satisfaction of DoD collection requirements, including those requirements assigned under the provisions of DoD Directive S-3115.7.

(g) Provide central management for the Defense Attache 1 System.

(h) Participate in the National Photographic Interpretation Center and the Defense Special Missile and Astronautics Center.

(i) Establish, maintain and operate facilities for DoD imagery indexing, processing, duplication, evaluation exploitation and central repository services in support of DoD and other authorized recipients.

(j) Supervise a DoD-wide intelligence dissemination program and provide centralized dissemination services in support of DoD and other authorized recipients.

(k) Provide intelligence bibliography, reference library, and research services as required to fulfill the DIA mission.

(l) Operate the Defense Intelligence School.

(m) In coordination with other intelligence agencies concerned, recommend plans for intelligence operations, including plans for the use of national intelligence systems to support military operational commanders. As directed, coordinate the execution of approved intelligence operations plans.

(n) Subject to the staff supervision of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Communications, Command, Control and Intelligence) (ASD(C 3 I)), act as manager for all aspects of Defense intelligence production within the General Defense Intelligence Program and recommend changes or improvements in collection systems to the ASD(C 3 I).

(o) Act as management authority for all DoD intelligence information systems except those systems dedicated to signals intelligence operations and support functions falling within the scope of DoD Directive S-3115.7.

(p) Establish and operate a DoD career development program for civilian general intelligence personnel; review, coordinate, and evaluate effectiveness of career development programs for military general intelligence personnel; conduct planning and guidance activities in coordination with DoD components on these programs to meet DoD requirements. Provide technical assistance in the development and conduct of DoD general intelligence training.

(q) Provide guidance, in conformance with policies of DoD and the Director of Central Intelligence, to DoD components concerning the release of Defense intelligence information to foreign governments, international organizations and the public.

(r) Administer DoD security policies and programs to protect intelligence and intelligence sources and methods, including direction of the Defense Special Security System.

(s) Adjudicate clearance eligibility for DIA civilian personnel and eligibility for access to compartmented intelligence for all personnel assigned to OSD, OJCS, and the Defense Agencies, with the exception of NSA, including contractors and consultants.

(t) Provide representation on national and international intelligence committees, boards and working groups, as appropriate.

(u) Provide the DoD focal point for relationships with foreign intelligence services.

(v) Prepare and submit to the Secretary of Defense the DIA program and budget.

(w) Ensure that all DIA policies, plans, programs, and activities are carried out in accordance with law and the provisions of Executive Orders and other directives from higher authority establishing oversight controls on foreign intelligence activities.

(x) Report to the Inspector General for Defense Intelligence and the General Counsel, Department of Defense, any activities that raise questions of legality or propriety.

(y) Establish and conduct or recommend research development, test and evaluation programs or projects to carry out the responsibilities assigned herein.

(z) Perform such other functions and services as the Secretary of Defense may from time to time assign.